The first bar chart illustrates the proportion of various film genres released, while the other bar chart depicts their corresponding ticket purchases in a specific country in 1996 and 2000.
Overall, Drama and Comedy films were the most preferred categories by both film-makers and audiences. Additionally, while the proportions of movies released and ticket sales of all genres saw an increase, Romance stood out as an exception, whose figures remained unchanged in the former chart and decreased in the other.
Both directors and cinema-goers favoured Drama and Comedy the most. In specific, Drama constituted approximately a quarter of the total released movies in 1996, this number then surged to roughly 35%, being the most produced genre in 2000. Moreover, this genre attracted around 15% of audiences in 1996, and by 2000, the figure had increased marginally to about 17%. Similarly, precisely one-fifth of the films were Comedy in 1996, followed by a 5% rise four years later. The corresponding percentage of ticket sales for this genre stood at 20%, which went up to roughly 23% in 2000.
Turning to the remaining categories, the figure for Fantasy witnessed an increase of about 5% from roughly 13% to just over 15% in the proportion of film released, while that in the proportion ticket sales saw a two-fold rise from around 3% to around 8%. Finally, Romance represented an identical share of 5% in both surveyed years, yet the percentage of ticket purchases plunged from approximately 5% to a mere 2%, becoming the least appealing choice.